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GUSTAV REIMERS, OF WILMINGTON, ILLINOIS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 371,277, dated October 11, 1887.

Application filed April 2, 1887. Serial No. 233,376. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GUSTAV REIMERs, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Wilmington, in the county of Will and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in FootWVarmers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawlngs.

This invention relates to certain improvements in foot-warmers, which improvements are fully set forth and explained in the following specification and claim, and the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the case of the foot-warmer. Fig. 2 is a central vertical longitudinal section of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side view of the case. Fig. 4 is a detailed perspec tive View of the heat-radiator. Fig.5 is atop plan view ofthe heating-furnace,the top plate, G, being removed, also having a portion of its heat-diffusing plates broken away; and Fig. 6 is a perspective view ofthe heating-furnace.

Referring to the drawings, B represents the case of the foot-warmer, being rectangular in form,and having the plate G, forming its upper surface for being heated and upon which to rest the feet, which plate is removable and preferably made of glass. Said case is also provided with side lights, \V V, adapting it to be used as a lantern, a bail, t, for carrying it,

a door, H, for access to its interior, and draftholes din its crown, as shown in Fig. 1.

L is a lamp, having an oil-receptacle, M, and chimney O, which chimney is provided with an opening, I, in its side for lighting the lamp. Said chimney may be made of any suitable transparent material. i

F is a hot-air chamber, having an opening through its bottom F,for communicating with chimney G, as shown in Fig. 2 and in dotted lines in Fig. 6. Said hot-air chamber is sup ported above the lamp and oilreceptacle M on legs 9, hinged to said chamber and having feet turned at right angles with their hinge and seen red to said oil-receptacle by means of passing said feet under strap-eyes g, as shown in Figs. 2 and 6. Such attachment of the legs to the said hot-air chamber permits said legs to swing backward and be detached from the oilreceptacle to permit the chimney to be removed or replaced by another. (See dotted lines in Fig. 2.)

E is a heat-radiator arranged standing on the bottom F of hot-air chamber E, centrally over the chimney O, as shownin Fig. 2, and consists of a V-shaped metal plate arrangedso that its angle will be central over the chimney and rest on legs at its four corners. (See Fig. 4.) As the heat ascends from the chimney,i t will be deflected to either side by said radiator, as shown by the arrows in Fig. 2. The legs of said radiator are provided with feet V V, as shown in Figs. 2and 4, one foot being arranged a little above the other. These feet attach the legs of the radiator E to the bottom F of the hot-air chamber by inserting the lower feet, V, through aperturesin said floor, so that one foot will be above and one below said bottom, as shown in Fig. 2. The walls of said hot-air chamber are flared in such manner that its top is largest, as shown in Figs. 2, 5, and 6, and is provided at-its upper part with the perforated plates Dand D, the plate D resting on afiange, m, on the inner side walls of said chamber,and plate D resting on the top of said chamber and at some little distance from plate D, as shown in Figs. 2 and 5.

TheplateD has larger perforationsthan plate D, for permitting the hot air to pass through it more readily than through plate D, thus assisting in diffusing thehot air. These perforated plates, together with the radiator E,

serve to diffuse the hot air from the hot-air chamber evenly to the entire under surface of the glass plate G. XVhen used as alantern,the

bail t, which is attached to the case B by means of the ears 0, renders it easily carried. The plate G is preferably made of glass, so that the light may be seen through it to determine whetherit is properly regulated.

The apertures cl in case B serve to admit air to the case for consumption by the furnace, and also as'draft-apertures. To light the burner and regulate the flame, the door H is opened and the hand entcredinto the case, and a lighted match is inserted through hole I in chimneyO to the lamp-wick.

In operation the principal part of heat generated passes up from lamp L into the hotair chamber, and is there evenly distributed throughoutsaidchamberandpassesupthrough the described perforated plates to plate G of the case and evenly warms all parts of said plate G, which is of considerable thickness and capable of retaining considerable heat, and by resting the feet on plate G heat will be imparted to them, and any heated air escaping claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows, to wit:

In combination with the case B, having the glass top plate, G, side lights,W W,drafth0les d, and the lamp L, the hot-air chamber F,having the hingedlegs g, and perforated plates D -D, and radiator E, composed of the V-shaped plate resting on legs and arranged with its angle directly over said lamp,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

GUSTAV REIMERS. Witnesses:

E. E. HAZARD, CHARLES HAZARD. 

